In 2024, elections are scheduled at various levels: local, regional, federal, and European. NICC aims to take a proactive approach. In the past, NICC responded to ill-informed decisions, failures, and policy shortcomings. Now, they want to anticipate and prevent such occurrences.
Over the past year, NICC gathered input from artists, and artist-run platforms. They compiled the ideas, desires, and proposals into a motion for the future of cultural policy. The main demand is the recognition of the role that art and culture play in the lives of all people. Art is not confined to museums, isolated from the rest of society, and never has been.
The memorandum is structured around two major focal points. On the one hand, actions are needed to strengthen the operations of artist-run organisations. On the other hand, the memorandum focuses on improving the socio-economic position of individual artists. NICC presents proposals that address governance at the local, regional, and federal levels.
Read the full memorandum in English here.